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Swing keel Ted Weitz at 9:56am 10.12.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/965 I have been considering a used Beneteau 311 or a new 323 with a swing keel, as I sail where I need t
Demasted Chuck at 9:55am 10.12.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/933 I have a 23' O'day on Clear Lske on a lift. Last Thrusday we went over to go sailing and the mast wa
New Sails Questions BarryL at 9:39am 10.12.05 Ask All Sailors 6/1522 Hi,I have a few questions regarding purchasing new sails.Is there a best time of year for buying
Escape dolly Fred DuVal at 8:53am 10.12.05 Other Sailboats 0/816 I want to buy a dolly for my Escape sailboat. Anyone have one??
cockpit fiberglass table Bill9282 at 8:20am 10.12.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/988 Has anyone had a problem with the glass around the piano hinges cracking? If so, what was your remed
Odor in the cabin Tim McCarty at 7:58am 10.12.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1650 OK, Peggy, I will rule out a leak in the tank, and I will also rule out the hoses as they are Sealan
Computer Charts Dave at 7:54am 10.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/971 I am looking at purchasing computer software and charts for my boat. When I look into the various v
Chain Plate Attachment Failure Jay McMullan at 7:37am 10.12.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1722 My Oday 272LE recently experienced a fairly catastrophic failure of the chain plate attachment to th
getting trailer galvanized Phil at 6:47am 10.12.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1083 Has anyone had there trailer galvanized in the Los Angeles area. I would like to get local Info than
Electric Vs Vacuflush head Ed at 6:39am 10.12.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/10679 I am looking at obtaining a new boat (new to me, likely used) and have a question about electric hea
Sail Drive Ed at 6:32am 10.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2063 What is Sail Drive? I am looking for a new boat and in the past have had Hunters with a Yanmar with
U S yacht big515 at 6:08am 10.12.05 Ask All Sailors 5/3011 I resently purchased my first sail boat. a U S yacht 21'1983 model. I can not find any manufacture i
Vacation Planning MarkDB at 5:49am 10.12.05 Ask All Sailors 2/938 For the last 2 years, my family and I have chartered a boat out of Annapolis as part of our summer v
repainting name Bob Hayden at 5:44am 10.12.05 Other Sailboats 2/918 The name on my boat TIMOTHY is 30 years old. I need to repaint the name and hailing port.What paint
Cradle weight Richard4728 at 5:42am 10.12.05 Catalina 30 0/1523 Does anyone know the weight of the factory cradle for a Catalina 30?Thanks
2nd Battery bart5008 at 5:19am 10.12.05 Smaller Boats 10/1075 I am thinking of installing a second battery on my 240. I thought screwing a peice of 3/4" plywood d
Paint for my floor dblake05 at 5:01am 10.12.05 Other Sailboats 3/914 Can anyone recommend a good paint to paint the floor with? I pulled up the carpet that was in the bo
Removing Epoxy fredsb at 4:46am 10.12.05 Ask All Sailors 6/1255 Does anyone know of a method to remove epoxy from the deck? Had an oops mounting an autopilot brack
replacement rudder walt at 4:35am 10.12.05 Other Sailboats 0/898 Any one out there that needs a replacement hi ratio aspect rudder or d-board for a Mac 26. This one
474 First Boat hlads at 4:23am 10.12.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1318 At 53 I am my wife are just taking up sailing and plan to buy a 473 for day and weekend sailing. Wou

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How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? RoyS at 5:20am 05.03.21 You can get white smoke from water in your fuel. You will know soon after you replace the fuel in th
Racor Fun Yesterday sailme88 at 4:59am 05.03.21
240 HIN indentation number location? SolentHunter at 4:32am 05.03.21 awesome thanks everyone! it's easy to find when you know where to look! Now I have the number how d
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? garymalmgren at 2:54am 05.03.21 I just had a mechanic do a major rebuild of my Yanmar 2GM20 Luck won't cut it. Where is the mechan
Wilcox Crittenden to Raritan PhII markwbird at 9:22pm 05.02.21 Thanks, Peggie.
New H260 owner marine head question and Zebra mussels. Ralph Johnstone at 9:02pm 05.02.21 My question is this: Isn't my underwater thru-hull raw water intake for the marine head going to be
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina Kings Gambit at 8:57pm 05.02.21
240 HIN indentation number location? twalker H260 at 8:49pm 05.02.21
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:31pm 05.02.21 The chances of all that crap continuing on at this stage in the game are 0% . Pick up a lottery tic
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? Charles Erwin at 8:22pm 05.02.21 Good luck. Hard to help from a distance but - Assuming the assembly was carefully done and all the
New H260 owner marine head question and Zebra mussels. sail sfbay at 8:22pm 05.02.21 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! You will find some answers to your questions here: Microsoft
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina mcartair at 8:13pm 05.02.21 Remember the Pier? How that went out. It was more crowded during the Covid peak than it is now. An
What happened here... DArcy at 7:53pm 05.02.21 That's a Stealth 21, very low freeboard.
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina PaulK at 7:12pm 05.02.21
Got a new sailing dinghy dLj at 7:06pm 05.02.21 One heck of a fine job! dj
Transfer of Beneteau 31' from FL -> NY Tom J at 7:05pm 05.02.21 One data point is to learn if you can make it under the Indiantown bridge. That would determine if
Stem/Keel Repair - Update PaulK at 7:05pm 05.02.21 You might want to grind back a little bit of a taper (perhaps 3"?) and then lay a fiberglass strip u
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina Kings Gambit at 6:50pm 05.02.21 When we last visited Florida, we noticed that the state parks seemed to be self-funded. You paid a
What happened here... PaulK at 6:50pm 05.02.21 You guys have no imaginations. It is obviously one of those liveaboard boats that Florida is known
Got a new sailing dinghy SFS at 6:46pm 05.02.21 Lookin' good!

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